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THE HONGE

PRAYA SHOOTING.

CONTRABAND SUSPECTED BY

CONSTABLE.

THE PEKING MEETING.

WU PEI-FU'S VERY BRIEF

STAY

Peking, June 29, Chang Tso-lin, accompanied by Chu Yu-pu and staff, left for Tientsinnt 1.15 this after- noon. Chang Tsung-chang and Chang Haugh-liang pre remaining in Peking.

JUNE 30%

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Wu Pel-fu stayed at Changhsin-billous attacks, clear the skin, tien last night and went on to purify the breath, wy Sanchitien this morning It Your chemist sells them, or post Is understood that Wu will proceed free, 60 cents the vial, from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co 60 to Paotingfu after inspecting his troops and giving final directions Klangse Road, Shanghai.

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as to the campaign.

Fürther evidenco was taken at the Central Magistracy yesterday in the inquiry into the death of a Tig trader who was shot dead by Chinese constable on June 18, "At previous bearings evidence was giving that a party of pig traders were returning to their junk by sampan when a police constable fired and killed one of the mon.

Yesterday, a seaman on a con servancy boat said that on Julis 18 he saw a police constable near the Fraya who was blowing his whistlo. Witness was in his cabin and did not go outside.

Sir James Duncan, who died' re- traffic to Tsinghu has ended abor-cently at Kinettles, Forfarshire, Two district watchmen appea:tively. It appears Sun Chuan- has left £50 to Sam," a waiter at ed in reponse

the whistle.fang'a delegates pointed out that the Carlton Club, and a simila. Witness could see a sampan, from the Kuominchun took the rolling sum to a valet at the same club. his boat which was lying in shora. stock belonging to the northern He bequeathed £10,000 to 14 of his One of the district watchmen section of the line when they re-nieces and nephews and a third said he went up to the constable treated to Kalgan, and Sun feared of the residuo of his estate is to be when the later blew his whistle if he placed his rolling stock at ter and was told that the constable would be detained in North China. Witness asked what was the mat- the disposal of the railway it

had seen men with several flour bags, which he suspected contained contraband.

to

W

aiming at a resumption of through The Nanking railway conference

Feng Yu-hsinng Rumours Reports of Feng Yu-halang's turn to China are again circulat- ing, but he was seen in Moscow: ten days ago, and white he seems to have secured funds and uni-

Contraband Suspected. The constable also told him that he had called on a sampan te stoptions which are reaching the Kuo- so that he could search the bags minchun (who are now in the on board. He had scen a man north west), military circles do not dressed in white on the Praya who believe he has returned and dis- appeared to be keeping watch. credit reports of Russian troops e man had given a sigaul to the entering China to support the Kao other men by hissing.

minchun, pointing out that such When the signal was given the an infringement of neutrality men, who at that time were on the would probably precipitato conservancy boat, pushed the bags Russo-Japanese clash--Reuter, into a sampan and started to move out into the harbour..

The constable shouted that hel would fire if they failed to stop, but the occupants of the sampan took no notice and he fired two shots in the air. He followed these with three shots at the затрап.

The question arose of the meat. ing of the Chinese word translated as contraband, and it was stated that the word covered arms.

Woman Wounded.

The pher district watchmah, in evidence, said the constable tok him that the occupiers of the sampan had refused to allow him to search the bags.

It was stated that the two sam-

pan women who rowed.. the pig dealer to his junk had disappear

OPIUM SEIZURE.

DRUG SHIPPED FROM HONGKONG.

What is anderstood to be record in oplum seizures was made night on Monday, by Revenue. on board the sis. Szechuen at mid-

Officers working under Chief Pre- ventive Officer Clark,

The abipment was consigned from Hongkong to Shanghai and was already stowed on board when' the officers made the seizure. It was contained in two cases, which appeared on the manifest na beche de mer and consisted of 120 balls of raw Indian oplum; with an ap Proximate value of $40,000.

As usual in such cases, the name of the shipper cannot be discover-

ed, and the sampan was also miss-ed and no arrests have been made

ing.

in connexion with the "run." Inspector P. Grant said he ex-months' works by officers of the The haul is the outcome of many. amined the sampan and found no et holes in it.

One of the sumpan women had a slight graze on the inside of the thigh a wound which might hav. been caused by a bullet.

Witness also said the Chinese constable was a poor shot, and was well below the standard. of efficiency. Mr. T. M. Hazelrigg. assistant, Crown solicitor, who watched on behalf of the Crown, suggested that a bad shot, aiming at a aumpan would fire two or three feet higher up.

The inquiry was adjourned until next Monday.

NON-STOP FLIGHT.

THE LATEST FRENCH RECORD.

Revenue Department, but details. are not divulged.

Although the value is "assessed at $40,000, it is understood that such is the demand for opium of this nature In Shanghai that had: the cargo reached its destination it would have been sold for ap proximately $80,000.

CANADIAN POLITICS.

LORD BYNG'S POSITION.

Ottawa, June 29,

The situation of the Governor General consequent on the fall of the Government, due to the Customs Investigation, is un- precedented, for Lord Byng has been without an adviser since Mr. King's resignation, although Parliament is in session. The Liberale resent Lord Byng's re- fusal to grant a dissolution. The. last vote account provided for expenditure only to the end of June..

Paris, June 29. The Arracharts, whose corrected time is 26% hours, receive fifty thousand francs as a prize, the The Liberals are credited with amount with the Renault Cup, for the intention to oppose the vote of which the date limit is July 81. a full year's supply, in order to They hold the object d'art, value force a general election as soon five thousand franes, till a new as possible.-Router's American winner appears.--Reuter.

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